Vehicle wheel



Oct. 18, 1938. .1. H. HUNT 2,133,454

VEHICLE WHEEL Filed July 8, 1935 A; INVENTOR.

J #49040 HU/W ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 18, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VEHICLE WHEEL tion of Michigan Application July 8, 1935, Serial No. 30,261

1 Claim.

This invention relates to vehicle wheels of the type employing a demountable rim. It has to do primarily with the provision for such a wheel of a demountable rim with an ornamental cover secured thereto, whereby the rim and cover may be installed upon and removed from the wheel as a unit. It also has to do with the provision of a novel arrangement for attaching the rim to the wheel.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a partial sectional view of a vehicle wheel;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the peripheral portion of the wheel shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary front view in elevation of the peripheral portion of the wheel shown in Figure 1.

The wheel illustrated in the drawing includes a conventional hub III, a wheel body li, a brake drum l2, a demountable rim l3, attaching lugs l4, and an ornamental cover IS. The hub in is of the conventional type including the radially extending flange Illa to which the wheel body I l is secured as by the rivets IS. The brake drum l 2 is attached to the wheel body II by rivets l1.

The wheel body I l is provided with a peripheral rim seat l8 upon which one edge of rim I3 is mounted. It will be observed that the axial extent of rim seat It is less than the width of the base of the rim I3.

Preferably four lugs it are permanently attached to rim l3 by the rivets it. These lugs are of the shape best shown in Figures 2 and 3 including an opening in the radial portion thereof. The wheel body II is also provided with openings which receive the attaching bolts 20. In mounting the rim upon the wheel the outer threaded extremities of bolts 20 are received within the openings in lugs ll. The lugs are secured upon the bolts 20 by means of the nuts 2| threaded on to the outer extremity of the bolts.

when the rim II is mounted upon its seat It, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the radially inner portions of lugs I! contact wheel body II in a region remote from its rim seat as indicated at 22. Thus when the nuts 2| are tightened on the bolts 20 one edge of rim II is securely fastened 50 upon rim seat i8 and the other edge 01' rim I 3 is supported and held in position by reason of the contact betweenwheel body Ii and lug H at 22. By this arrangement the amount of metal required in forming the rim seat is greatly reduced without weakening the support for rim IS.

The cover I5 is permanently secured to lugs l4 5 and through lugs It to rim i3, the attachment between the cover and the lugs being effected by forming openings in the cover to register with the openings in the lugs, forming a draw-neck l5a around said openings and spinning the inner 10 edge of said draw-necks I5a over the inner surface of lugs l4 adjacent the openings therein. Thus when the bolts 20 are received in the openings formed in lugs l4 they also project through the corresponding openings in cover l5. When 15 nuts 2| are threaded upon bolts 20 they engage the draw-necks l5a of cover l5 and securely attach the lugs, the rim and the cover to the wheel body II.

From the foregoing description it will be ap- 20 parent that this invention not only provides a novel means for attaching a demountable rim to a wheel body whereby the rim seat on the wheel body may be of but limited axial extent, but also provides a unique arrangement of demount- 5 able rim, attaching lug, and cover, whereby these latter elements may be installed and removed as a unit.

The scope of the invention for which Letters Patent are desired is indicated in the appended 30 claim.

.I claim:

A vehicle wheel including, in combination, a rim having an annular surface and a side wall extending substantially radially therefrom, a 35 U-shaped lug having its base located in substantially the plane of said side wall and its legs extending axially inwardly of the rim, one leg of the U-shaped lug being attached to the annular surface of the rim and the other leg being spaced 40 therefrom and extending inwardly a greater distance than the leg attached to the rim, a wheel cover secured to the base of the lug, said wheel cover lying in substantially the plane of the said rim side wall and having its periphery adjacent the annular surface of the rim, a wheel body having a rim seat engaging the rim and an axially outer face in contact with the longer leg of the lug, and means securing the rim, lug and cover to the wheel body.

, J HAROLD HUNT. 

